The Secret of Dr. Kildare

Blair General Hospital emergency

I'm Paul Michigan yes mr. messenger dr.

Carew's expecting you use the first

elevator thank you say he'd up the Wall.

Street guy the bozo with all the dough

in the world you know he didn't even

have on a diamond ring no diamonds on

men are Faulker I wish I was found her

- before we go in mr. Mason's and let me - prepare you dr. Gillespie is an.

Inspiration to the whole medical

profession but physically he's worse off

than most of his patients his legs are

hopelessly crippled I'll take care of a

doctor crew right away I want to be with

you oh I want to see dr. Gillespie I'm

sorry dr. Carew he has a patient well

that I will wait is the pamphlet dr.

Gillespie

mrs. Roberts you're going to have a baby

why what's the matter I'm afraid afraid

yes why women die I suppose your mother

felt that way about it

my mother had courage I'm a card mrs.

Roberts nature is a very wonderful thing

it takes the food you eat and changes it

into the particular substances our body

needs if we break a bone my nature will

provide the extra calcium to mend that

bowl if anything it would be stronger

than it was before

we you understand that don't you Yes.

Doctor well now that's just what's going

to happen when you have your baby

nature will see that you have the

strength and courage you need come on

over here to the window you see all

those people down there those thousands

of them yes all the mothers of every one

of those children felt exactly the same

way you do and so did their mothers and

those generations really has something

to worry about because we doctors hadn't

progressed very far that they were in

real danger maybe it sounds silly to you

this horrible worry but I couldn't help

it my husband's worried - well you warn

home and tell your husband's you're

going to be all right

with modern methods we seldom lose a

mother and we've no case on record where

we've ever lost a father thank you

doctor

I feel so much better sure you do you

take this pamphlet follow the

instructions take good care of yourself

you come back here and see me anytime

you want to what's your first name dr.

lemon minute Leonard

it's nice goodbye my oh my middle name

is Barry thank you know Conover I won't

let you have another nickel aren't you

ashamed of yourself an intelligent adult

like you gambling your wages away week

after week but someday I'm gonna win it

all back well in the meanwhile I'll find

another SAP to borrow it from someday

I'm going to sit down and prove to you

you can't win money in a crap game get

out yes sir I guess maybe you is right

sir I've often thought I'd give up

gammon and just take the plane to races

nice yes dr. Gillespie got your car

washed never mind dr. Carew

where's dr. Kildare I don't know isn't

he here if he was here do you think I'd

be asking you about him I don't know I

work for you for so long nothing you'd

say would surprise me

nurse Parker dr. Kildare is my assistant

he's here every morning promptly at 8

o'clock it's now 6 minutes past 9:00 and

no dr. Kildare what do you deduce from

these facts I guess dr. Kildare is late.

Oh

jumping Jehoshaphat where'd you find dr.

Kildare

where shall I know well where do you

think he'd be I don't know you keep your

stethoscope in the wastebasket and your

checkbook in the bathroom how should I

know where to look for your assistant

dr. Carew if dr. Carew wants anything

out of me tell him to come down here and

ask me oh he's here oh well show him in

shower man why didn't you say so doctor

dr. Carew aah Carew come in come in must

be something very important it brings

the head of the hospital here Elena this

is mr. Paul messenger Paul messenger do

you mean to tell me I'm actually in the

presence of how many millions of

hours Linnet I'll make it 18 million a

sucker where you getting in what can I

do for you mister hmm dr. Gillespie I've

come here because I need your help

well that's very fine but did you know

this a room full of patients waiting at

my door yes I've only one rule first

come first serve rich born in the middle

mean that fucking left is quite right

I'm sorry I'll take my turn oh wait a

- minute ready might be three hours I'll - wait.

Linden mr. Missings is a very important

man so my let him wait

this sending the next patient no all the

way to hold the next patient come in

hold the next patient

I think I'll grab by five minutes sleep

fix the alarm clock will you remind you

I said five minutes send the next

patient in sooner you hear the alarm

nine minutes past nine that's a nice

round time to come to work I thought you

were asleep

my never sleep seems I can't say as much

for you I guess it's the country boy in

me now listen son

there's my assistance you naturally have

- certain privileges around here but - sleeping till noon is not one of them.

Dr. Kildare

well nosy what do you want dr. Kildare's

breakfast is here breakfast I didn't

order any breakfast I did you worked

here all night and I figured you need it

what's the idea Jimmy getting those

pneumonia statistics hey John

all them well it's very plain you're

trying to make it more and more

difficult for me to get along without

you trying to make it impossible you

have made impossible yet there's so much

work to do and so little time to do it

thank you

well you know doctor when I finished

medical school I only knew that I wanted

to do something in medicine and I met

you and everything was crystallized now

I have what I wanted the privilege of

working for you and learning it

firsthand when only you can teach me and

carrying my work on after I'm gone I

won't be for a long while yet that's not

true you know it this next patient

please

ah mr. Fitch tada

Jimmy have they told you yet who's

outside they're waiting to see me no sir

what's irregular back mr. Poor messenger

the United States Mint in person is

outside they're waiting to see me Tom

and he's going to wait three hours Tom

my pleasure 172 over a hundred going put

your shirt on no no no no no no wait a

minute I want to talk to you see we

don't want to let him get off the hook

nice mr. messenger still out there he's

still there doctor hello that's fine

mr. Finch you've been drinking again it

seems to me I remember promise you made

me a couple of months ago doctor I tried

to stop but I can't do it it's not my

fault my father was the same way you

understand don't you say no I don't

you're a fool and there are a million

other fools like here they wanted a

drink so they believed a legend started

by a bigger fool that you can inherit

drunkenness well that's a lot of baloney

you can inherit a tendency toward

diabetes or red hair but if you drink

it's your own fault and you can't blame

your poor ancestors but I always heard

yeah and you were glad to hear it

because it gave you an excuse for

sticking a bottle in your silly face now

go on and get out of here and don't come

back until you stop kidding yourself

yes next patient no bring in mr. Mason.

Yes Doctor

mr. Messenger don't mean mr. Messenger

come in come in hey sit down mr.

Messenger sit down this is dr. Kildare

my assistant how'd you do it beautiful

there I'll still a lot of people ahead

of me doctor ah there's not one of them

I can charge as much as I'm going to

charge you max fair enough if you can

help me well you look well enough but I

can find something wrong with you

worst comes to the worst we can